Delhi in grips of anti-CEC stir; oppn leaders & protesters detained, BJP targets Congress. Former Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Pinarayi Vijayan, opposition leader were detained by the Delhi Police during the ongoing CEC protest. India warned Pakistan against using nuclear weapons as a means of political coercion, asserting that New Delhi would not…
Former civil servants, including ex-Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal, former Ambassadors, and retired IAS officers, issued a joint open letter defending India’s electoral integrity. NEW DELHI: A group of 124 former IAS, IFS and allied services officers has issued an open letter to citizens defending the Election Commission (EC) and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of…
The CJI was apprised of the matter by the SCBA, NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant’s verbal intervention led to the release of lawyers detained during protests in the Supreme Court area on Saturday, after the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) sought his urgent intervention over allegations of excessive police force against…
Mamata Banerjee wears band-aid over mouth before Delhi detention NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee pasted a band-aid over her mouth as a mark of protest before being detained from South Avenue in Delhi along with party leaders Derek O’Brien, Dola Sen and other members.CPM leaders were…
He alleged that the protesters had attempted to hold the country and the national capital hostage and were seeking to create violence. NEW DELHI: BJP MP Sambit Patra on Saturday termed the Cockroach Janata Party’s (CJP) proposed protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar a “flop show”. The BJP MP claimed that the “anarchists” who wanted to…
‘Not even Indira Gandhi did this’: CJP founder alleges police boarded flight to detain leaders NEW DELHI: As planned, the ‘cockroaches’ could not make their way to Jantar Mantar, with the detention of key Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders before they could reach the protest site throwing the outfit’s ‘Jantar Mantar 2.0’ plans into disarray….
Three destinations, one protest: CJP leaders taken to separate locations after detention NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was taken to Gurugram after being detained by Delhi Police at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Saturday, ahead of the outfit’s proposed protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and…
‘This govt will go’: Rahul’s blunt message ahead of CJP’s ‘Jantar Mantar 2.0’ NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Saturday reiterated his demand for chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s removal, declaring that both the CEC and the government would go.His remarks came as Delhi was placed under heightened security ahead of…
NEW DELHI: A woman was allegedly shot dead in Manipur’s Kamjong district, triggering fresh violence and prompting authorities to impose prohibitory orders, officials told news agency PTI on Saturday.The incident took place around 9.35pm on Friday in Chassad village, a Kuki-majority settlement in the Naga-dominated district, they said.The woman, a mother of five, sustained gunshot…
Drones are being used to monitor the security situation around the roundabout near Hotel Le Méridien in central Delhi ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) planned protest on Saturday, as the capital witnesses heightened security, transport restrictions and traffic diversions.According to ANI, drones were monitoring the area ahead of the demonstration scheduled at Jantar…
